I agree with comments so far, but just to cause a little trouble , on a 19 inch LCD the OP is not going to really need a 3GB card so if money is real tight then get the 760, if it's not then of course go for the 280, you will also cover any option to upgrade display in the future.

I agree with comments so far, but just to cause a little trouble , on a 19 inch LCD the OP is not going to really need a 3GB card so if money is real tight then get the 760, if it's not then of course go for the 280, you will also cover any option to upgrade display in the future.

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Hell id upgrade the monitor before GPU after now realizing he is running a 19".

Though he can still get the 280 now, and then upgrade monitors a bit later and be chillin.

Which site are you looking on (or where are you looking) and where are you located? Because when I look (I generally default to newegg.com) the 280 is cheaper than a GTX 760. Might wanna shop around if that is the case because you can probably get a better deal.

Which site are you looking on (or where are you looking) and where are you located? Because when I look (I generally default to newegg.com) the 280 is cheaper than a GTX 760. Might wanna shop around if that is the case because you can probably get a better deal.

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msi version of the gtx 760 its cheaper than the msi version of the R9 280
But im probably going to get the msi 760 4GB since its only 20$ more than the msi R9 280

the 280 is identical if its not a amd title and that card was oc'd alot so ofc its gonna be better

and i can get the gtx 760 4 gb Just for 20$ more and the reason i want 4 gb because some games already use 3! :0

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you don't get it. The 760 is going to run out of gpu power before memory. Look at benchmarks, the 4gb card barely gets a 1fps increase or 2 at resolutions that you would think the 4gb would matter. Also the 4gb card vs 2gb one has higher memory latency. The 280 is the card to get.

Hell, at your resolution with some games, the 4GB version gets worst performance.

It doesn't matter how big the TV is, you're still pushing the same number of pixels. At 1920x1080 you don't need more than 3GB. I've only seen 3GB VRAM usage at 2560x1440 and that's from garbage console ports.

since these gpus are very close in performance I need to know a few things

1.The R9 280 has 3GB vram does amd cards use vram efficiently like NVidia gpus ? I've never heard of "using RAM efficiently". AFAIK, all cards use it the same way.

2. Memory Clock 5000 vs 6000 how much of a difference is it ? The 280 has a wider memory bus, 384 vs 256. The 760 would have to have it's mempry clocked @ 7500 to match the 280's bandwidth.

3. The R9 280 it was released this year does it have all the latest tech in terms of gcn support No, it doesn't support True Audio. You need to get a 290 or 260 to get full GCN features. It does support Mantle, though.

and finally after all this which should I choose the R9 280 or GTX 760 ? I would get the 280. In compute functions, OpenCL for example, the 280 destroys the 760. Also the wider memory bandwidth and additional RAM could come in handy, depending how long you plan on keeping the card.

the 280 is identical if its not a amd title and that card was oc'd alot so ofc its gonna be better

and i can get the gtx 760 4 gb Just for 20$ more and the reason i want 4 gb because some games already use 3! :0

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Not unless your gaming at 4k which in reality these GPUs do not have the power to do reasonably.

The R9 280 is an HD 7950 rebranded and the competition for it was the GTX 670 which only exists as an OEM card in the current iterations of cards (760ti). The GTX 760 is a lower card and performs lower than the 280 and both can overclock to about the same levels.

You will not benefit from a 4gb gtx 760 as much as a R9 280 because the GPU is more powerful on the 280.